Prior to founding PCR, Mr. Cheema served as in-house corporate counsel for a diversified real estate investment firm based in Dallas, Texas, where he coordinated all legal matters including corporate and deal structuring, real estate acquisitions and dispositions, retail and office leasing, financing, development, construction. Mr. Cheema also managed outside counsel for the firm’s subsidiary companies in the hospitality, retail, office, multi-family, land development, medical, and restaurant industries.

Mr. Cheema began his practice in the commercial real estate transactional group at the international law firm of Hunton & Williams representing real estate private equity funds, financial institutions, real estate developers and special servicers.

Mr. Cheema is a member of the Dallas Bar Association, Real Estate Section and is on the advisory board of the US Indian Chamber of Commerce DFW.

Representative Clients and Transactions

In-house corporate counsel for a commercial real estate investment firm based in Dallas, Texas which has completed over $1.6 billion of acquisitions and development, with a focus on the Southern, Eastern and Midwestern United States

Represented a special servicer in the non-judicial foreclosure of numerous Texas assets including multifamily, retail and mixed-use properties and subsequent ownership of the properties

Represented a special servicer in connection with the negotiation and drafting of numerous settlement agreements including a $30,000,000 loan secured by four retail properties in Chapter 11 bankruptcy and guarantor litigation

Represented a real estate developer in the acquisition, financing and development of a large-scale mixed-use development in the DFW metroplex area

Represented a real estate developer in connection with the negotiation of numerous retail leases with "big box" tenants and Fortune 500 companies

Represented Canadian REIT client in portfolio acquisition and financing of eight Walgreens stores

Represented a global private equity firm in the large scale due diligence and acquisition of various pools of performing, sub and non-performing commercial real estate loans varying in size from $125,000,000 to $3,400,000,000